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John Coffman
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Wharton,Texas USA
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Posted 24 Jul 2006 6:31 pm |
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I guess at the ripe old age of 42 what they call country just is not for me. Most of what I heard did not do much for me. Don’t get me wrong I like some good old southern rock is great. What I heard tonight has turning point in my life. If this is the movement in country music just count me out. I will readily admit I am no great player and just a beginner in the music scene and learning the steel. It is so sad that really talented people can’t even get a gig that will pay the gas bill to the gig.
I cut my teeth on Wynn Stewart, George J. Webb P. Hank W and Jr. My stepfather was offered a recording contract. Due to his love for mom and me he just could not give up the time away from us. He was our country music star. He never made a dime but gave of his talent at benefits, all my school fund raisers, rest homes and church. He always made sure that as I was growing up there was true country played in our house all the time.
On any Friday or Saturday night in the Texas we have true STARS of country music. OK I’ll add all over the states North, South, East and West at VFW’s and dance halls is were the real music is begin played. They might not look like a movie star or hit every note just right but they do it for the love of the music. To me this is what it’s all about the love of music.
Please help me thank all those great music people who work for mostly free and give us the true taste of country and western music. They may never may have there names up in lights but they are star in the own right. Keep it country. Hope to see and play with ya’ll real soon.
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Thomas SD10 3/4,Thomas D10 8/5 and Desert Rose S10 3/4. Beginner
[This message was edited by John Coffman on 24 July 2006 at 07:34 PM.] |
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Jim Blakey
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SanAntonio, Texas, USA
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Posted 24 Jul 2006 7:14 pm
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| I'm with you. That is not the music I grew up with. I could not understand too much of what they were singing.Sounds like a bunch of noise to me. I turned it off and here I am on the computer. [This message was edited by Jim Blakey on 24 July 2006 at 08:17 PM.] |
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Jerry Roller
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Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 24 Jul 2006 8:33 pm
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I got home late and didn't see it all but the last one by Brooks and Dunn was worth the whole night for me. I didn't hear any steel guitar but that was a great song.
Jerry |
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 25 Jul 2006 4:28 am
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CMT causes me ear fatigue. No ebb and flow to a tune, it's just always full blast. Even the Sarah Evans tune never lets up.
Gimme Buck and Merle and Tammy...
PS: Hiedi, I Namath you Joe...[This message was edited by Ray Minich on 25 July 2006 at 05:30 AM.] |
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Kevin Hatton
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Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 25 Jul 2006 5:44 am
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| CMT is NOT country. Neither is the CMA. Subscibe to XM Satellite Radio and you will hear all the real country you want including our own Ricky davis playing steel. |
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Doug Earnest
From:
Branson, MO USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2006 5:56 am
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| RFDTV was running an episode of "Nashville on the Road" at the same time as the CMA show. It was pretty neat to flip between the two. Jim Ed Brown,Billy Walker, Jerry Clower and Wendy Holcombe were one hell of a contrast to the stars of today. |
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Bobby Lee
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Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2006 6:48 am
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CMA = Country My Ass
I saw about 2 minutes of it and switched. It's just not my kind of music.
This isn't about Steel Players so I'm moving it to the Music section.
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